Brandon Backe vs. Greg Harris — Career Comparison

Brandon Backe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Greg Harris
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brandon Backe built a career as a starting pitcher and Greg Harris as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Greg Harris led in strikeout rate (K%+ 114 vs 95), run prevention (ERA+ 91 vs 81), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 88 vs 81). Role difference aside, Greg Harris holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Backe and Greg Harris

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.45
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.5
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.55
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.67
51.67
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.12
45.12
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.23
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
3.69
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
9.83
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
8.15
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.49
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.79
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.08
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.53
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
6.17
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
7
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.138
1.138
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.33
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
39.95
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6293
38.61
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.63
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
5.36
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
4.23
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.81
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
0.81
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
35.09
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5464
33.52
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Brandon Backe and Greg Harris

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.48
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.35
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1576
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
525.1
9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.63
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
0.62
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.13
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
1.4
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.2
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.78
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
2.21
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.76
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
2.02
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.14
91.14
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.468
0.468
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Backe and Greg Harris

Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
153
581.01
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
705
5957.75
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
505.06
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
68
574.65
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.764
0.764
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.57
0.57
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
15
126.76
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
87.34
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
18.99
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.59
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
41.77
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.07
68.62
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
208.86
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
22
185.92
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
174.68
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
16
135.21
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.731
0.731
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.555
0.555
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.434
0.434
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.54
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
7
59.15
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
60.76
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
129.11
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
11
92.96
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.07
72.42
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
5.15
43.55
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
182.28
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
245.07
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2.45
2.45
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
49.37
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Backe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA